Philippines Military: 54 Muslim Rebels Killed in South

[misskit]

MANILA—
Intense fighting between Philippine troops and a little-known Muslim group apparently inspired by the Islamic State group has killed 54 militants and two soldiers, officials said Monday.

Regional military spokesman Maj. Filemon Tan said the operations against the Maute group began last Thursday in southern Lanao del Sur province's Butig town and were still continuing. He said nine soldiers had been wounded in addition to the two who were killed.

The military fired artillery and launched air strikes “to get the criminals” behind the beheading last month of two sawmill workers, Tan said. He said the workers were forced to wear orange robes while being beheaded, like victims of the Islamic State group. Four other sawmill workers were freed after their employers negotiated with the captors.

Troops have not retrieved the militants' bodies, but based the count on intelligence reports and on sightings of bodies being carried away by other militants, Tan added.

In February, the group attacked an army outpost in Butig, sparking days of fighting that killed 24 militants and six soldiers, one of whom was beheaded.

Authorities said the group has used black clothing with the symbol of the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.

Several small militant factions in the southern Philippines, the home of minority Muslims in the largely Roman Catholic country, have expressed support for the Islamic State group in online videos, but the military says there is no evidence of any direct, active collaboration.

Philippines Military: 54 Muslim Rebels Killed in South

[bobo746]

New president Duterte will have a hard on.

[beerlaodrinker]

Tricky spot Mindanao, worked there for an exploration company for a year, we were on the " Catholic "side of Mindanao around busuan city and Surigao so never had to many dramas with the locals, our security guys at the camp were all Datus so there was still the Muslim thing going on, damn shame how fucked it is in that province because it's literally dripping in minerals. And has a lot of potential. Pretty sure it's gonna be a basket case for a while to come, maybe Duterte can turn it around?

[thaimeme]

Tricky spot Mindanao, worked there for an exploration company for a year, we were on the " Catholic "side of Mindanao around busuan city and Surigao so never had to many dramas with the locals, our security guys at the camp were all Datus so there was still the Muslim thing going on, damn shame how fucked it is in that province because it's literally dripping in minerals. And has a lot of potential. Pretty sure it's gonna be a basket case for a while to come, maybe Duterte can turn it around?

Turn it around.
By denuding the place towards the lust of "minerals".

Fucking it up more than it ever was or ever needed to be.

[wasabi]

Tricky spot Mindanao, worked there for an exploration company for a year, we were on the " Catholic "side of Mindanao around busuan city and Surigao so never had to many dramas with the locals, our security guys at the camp were all Datus so there was still the Muslim thing going on, damn shame how fucked it is in that province because it's literally dripping in minerals. And has a lot of potential. Pretty sure it's gonna be a basket case for a while to come, maybe Duterte can turn it around?

Thanks for that personal account of a part of the world I hardly know exists, one of the Good things about TD

[beerlaodrinker]

FOJ , nothing wrong with a bit of mining for economical,development, gives people jobs, skills etc it's great for the economy, anyone that thinks mining is a bad thing is a fucking retard, in this day and age it's done responsibly, mining company's are accountable if they fuck up. Like it or not geff, everything comes from mining. The plate that you eat your dinner from was "mined" the knife and fork that you use to eat your dinner was "mined" the car you drive made out of metal was mined, The Gold you had to give to the mattress warrior for the sin sot was mined. Think about it. Do you want to keep,them in the charcoal age forever. Silly fucking comment. Personally I can't wait for the mining to Boom again. Damn hippy

[beerlaodrinker]

Fuck geff, I'm only a dumb ass miner so had to google Denuding. Seems it something like to strip the cover of the natural assets, well, yeah, duh, hope your eating yor dinner tonight of a paper plate. Oh wait. Some fucker had to cut cut down some trees to make paper? Or do they still do that? Fucked if I know .how about giving me the benefit of your wisdom, or not, up to you